Donald Trump has only been in office for two weeks, but he may have more wins in those two weeks than Joe Biden had during his entire four years in office.
Trump had already beaten Columbia President Gustavo Petro into submission, but he just kicked him in the gut again.
Petro appears to be so worried about the tariffs Trump has suggested imposing, he is now openly telling illegals in this country from Columbia to come back on their own before Trump can arrest them and deport them.
Come Home
This drama all got started on January 26, when Trump announced that Columbia had rejected two planes of illegals.
When the flights were refused landing approval, Trump posted, “I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia.
“This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people.”
Trump then threatened a 25% tariff, which would escalate to 50% within a week if the situation was not rectified to Trump’s liking.
Within hours, Petro caved, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announcing, “The Government of Colombia has agreed to all of President Trump’s terms, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on U.S. military aircraft, without limitation or delay.
“Based on this agreement, the fully drafted IEEPA tariffs and sanctions will be held in reserve, and not signed, unless Colombia fails to honor this agreement.”
Petro then posted on X, “I ask undocumented Colombians in the US to immediately leave their jobs in that country and return to Colombia as soon as possible. Wealth is produced only by working people.
“The Department of Social Prosperity … will seek to provide productive loans to returnees who enroll in its programs. Let’s build social wealth in Colombia.”
That, to me, is complete and utter surrender by Petro to Trump.
This is what happens when you have the biggest stick in the yard and use it, something that Joe Biden was afraid to do.
